HN827: When Buffers Attack: Understanding Buffers to Better Diagnose Network Weirdness

Today’s episode covers buffers, the space between ingress and egress where a packet might have to live for a fraction of a second if the egress port is tied up transmitting other packets. This topic came courtesy of John Howard who joins Drew and Ethan as a co-host to discuss buffers with guest Rob Sherwood. How... Read more » (packetpushers.net/podcasts/heavy-networking/hn…)